I found a parking ticket on my car but it didn’t come from the city – there were red flags I’d been scammed
A WOMAN who received a parking ticket at lunch shared the signs she had been scammed.
Some companies will work as hard as possible to make traffic tickets look like they come from a government agency to scare people into paying, even if they don’t have government power behind them.
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TikToker Allison Buch (@allison.buch) recently posted a video after she feared she was being scammed by a private parking company, Perfect Parking.
She was having lunch with a friend in downtown Los Angeles when she spotted a speeding ticket on the windshield of her car.
Allison was smart enough to notice that the violation didn’t come from the city of Los Angeles, but became more confused as she examined the ticket.
“Something wasn’t right and I felt like it was a fake ticket,” she said.
“I went online and Googled the company, but it wasn’t accredited by the Better Business Bureau.”
She found reviews from people on various websites warning that the tickets and the company were fake and people shouldn’t pay the fine.
Additionally, she noted that under California law, private property owners — which include parking garages — are not allowed to issue warnings or citations.
“Neither Section 22658 of the California Vehicle Code nor any other state law authorizes private property owners to issue parking citations that impose fines on the owners of vehicles parked on their property,” the law states.
There is also a line that states that vehicle owners are not expected to pay the fines received.
“Owners of vehicles who have received parking notices containing fines issued by private property owners or their agents have no rights or remedies per se, but the notices are not enforceable against the vehicle owners,” the law states.
At the end of the video, Allison asked her viewers if anyone else had dealt with the same private parking garage, and several of her commenters confirmed her suspicions.
“I got one in the arts district yesterday too,” one person wrote.
“You have a man waiting in a car in the parking lot just to hand out tickets. Even the website is suspicious.”
Allison replied that she never paid for the ticket and nothing had happened so far.